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Isaiah 65:21

65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

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They will build houses, and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. shall long: Heb. shall make them continue long, or, shall wear out

What does Isaiah 65:21 mean?

Isaiah 65:21 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בָּנָה (bânâh), בַּיִת (bayith), יָשַׁב (yâshab).

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And
they
shall
buildבָּנָהbânâh/baw-naw'/H1129to build (literally and figuratively)
houses,בַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
and
inhabitיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
them;
and
they
shall
plantנָטַעnâṭaʻ/naw-tah'/H5193properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
vineyards,כֶּרֶםkerem/keh'-rem/H3754a garden or vineyard
and
eatאָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)
the
fruitפְּרִיpᵉrîy/per-ee'/H6529fruit (literally or figuratively)
of
them.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 65:21.

Deuteronomy 28:30

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. gather: Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat

Joshua 24:13

And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

Leviticus 19:23

And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

2 Kings 18:27

But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet

2 Kings 19:29

And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

2 Samuel 13:20

And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. Amnon: Heb. Aminon regard: Heb. set not thy heart desolate: Heb. and desolate

Deuteronomy 20:6

And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. eaten: Heb. made it common

Deuteronomy 28:39

Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

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What does Isaiah 65:21 say?

Isaiah 65:21 (King James Version) reads: "And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them."

Is Isaiah 65:21 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 65:21 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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